Fastener for gloves



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LAWVRENOE ENEGREN, OF FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

FASTENER FOR GLOVES, SHOES, etc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,914, dated April 1,1884. I v Application filed February 4,1884. (l\ 'o model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLIAM LAWRENCE ment in Fasteners for Gloves,Shoes, 850. and

I do hereby declarethe same to be described in the followingspecification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which-Figure 1 is a top view, and Fig. 2 a longi tudinal section, of thefastener as applied to the two parts of the glove, shoe, or otherarticle to be closed by it. Fig. 3 is a top view, and Fig. 4 an edgeview, of the pivotal support-piece of the lever ofsuch fastener; whileFig. 5 is a topview, Fig. 6 an edge view, and Fig. 7 a longitudinalsection, of the eye of the fastener.

The nature of my invention is defined in the claims hereinafterpresented.

In such drawings, A and B denote two portions of a shoe or glove orother article to be drawn together by the said fastener. An eye, 0, madeof wire bent in manner as repre sented in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, orotherwise suitably made, is sewed or fastened to the portion A,andextends therefrom in manner as represented. The portion B has fixedto it the pivotal support-piece D of the fastener, such support-piececonsisting of a metallic plate, a, provided with two ears, I) b, and oneor more spurs, c, projecting from it, as shown. The cars and spurs gothrough the portion B, the spurs being afterward turned or bent downupon it. A rivet, d, also goes through the part a and the portionB and'ametallic washer,

. 6, arranged as shown, such rivet being upset upon the said washer.

To prevent the lever from being accidentally thrown upward, there isfixed to the portion B an elastic loop, G, arranged so as to be capableof being looped on and slipped off the free end portion of the lever.

I claim- 1.' The fastener substantially as described, composed of theeye O, hook F, bow-shaped lever E, and its fulcrum support-piece D, ar-

ranged and applied in manner and to operate essentially as set forth.

2. The lever-fulcrum support-piece D, pro vided with one or more spurs,c, and the pivotal ears I) I), in combination with the bowshaped leverE, fulcrumed to such ears, and with the hook F, pivoted to such lever,and to operate with an eye, 0, all being substantially and for use asset forth.

3. The combination of the elastic loop G with the part B and thefastener-lever E, its supp0rt-piece D, and hook F, and with the eye 0,adapted to the part A and to engage with the said hook, all beingsubstantially as set forth.

WILLIAM LAWRENCE ENEGREN.

